Global sustainability organisations form alliance to share risk information … A group of organisations, including the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) , Preferred by Nature, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) , and the Sustainable Biomass …
Preferred By Nature has accumulated an extensive collection of structured, systematic data on certification schemes and sustainability risks in production countries. However, much of this data is not currently organised in an optimal digital format, …
Company risk assessments for Controlled Wood remain valid post-2015 … Until now, companies have used their own risk assessments in countries without an FSC-endorsed national or central risk assessment. Company assessments were to be eliminated from the …
… New timber risk assessments help companies source legal wood … Today, … the biggest and most detailed collection of forest-related risk assessments that have ever been published. …
Corruption Index: Nine EU countries “unspecified risk” for timber legality … On 1 December 2011, Transparency International released the results of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2011. The index serves as an important resource for companies …
Production area vs supply chain: Decoding EUDR requirements for risk assessments … Guidance from the European Commission (EC) on the EU Deforestation Regulation has caused confusion about where stakeholders should assess risks in relation to tax, …
Global Forest Risk Assessments: FSC announces 33 new countries in pipeline … FSC’s ambitious project to map the global risk of unacceptable forest activities has reached a new milestone. With the first 20 countries almost completed, FSC now continues with …
Supply chain mapping – a step to mitigate risks of illegality in the Malaysian timber industry … The study “Supply Chain Mapping of Malaysian Timber and Wood-based Industries” seeks to provide an overview of the Malaysian timber trade and offer insights …
China: Reduced risk of illegal timber in supply chains as revised forest law kicks in … A new update of the Sourcing Hub’s Risk Assessment for timber legality in China is currently in public consultation . The report shows several improvements in relation …
Beyond the country benchmarks: What the EUDR low-risk classifications mean in practice … We recently covered the European Commission’s release of its first list of country benchmarks under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Now that the …
New controlled wood risk assessments for Czech Republic, France, Malaysia, Poland, Sweden, and Turkey … Companies sourcing controlled wood from these countries now can make use of these risk assessments which were approved by FSC on 8 May …
… 460 timber traders across Europe learned how to dodge the risk of importing illegal timber … The EU Timber Regulation …
UK supermarket chains importing beef from Brazilian firm JBS, risk amplifying Amazonian forest destruction … Cattle ranching has the greatest impact on Amazon deforestation in Brazil. As discussed in the story above, approximately 75 million hectares have …
This document will guide on how to develop and structure your own company-specific risk assessment for Estonia. …
Sourcing FSC Controlled Wood (or PEFC equivalent)? Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 released: find out which countries are now high risk for timber illegality … Transparency International releases its 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) today. Find …
… Timber Legality Risk Assessment for China. Here you can find the full analysis of environmental and social risks related to sourcing timber products from China. …
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The European Commission (EC) has released its long-awaited first list of country risk classifications under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), marking a critical milestone in the road towards the regulation’s …
